Friday, March 21 marks the inaugural World Glacier Day, an international observance established by the United Nations to ...

These risks and the loss of freshwater supplies are some of the reasons the United Nations declared 2025 the International ...

A new U.S. military manual defines the survival and tactical needs of fighting a war in the Arctic and extreme cold weather ...

A glacial lake outburst flood in the Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60-meter) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time the ...

It is common knowledge that Arctic cleanup work is challenging and expensive. Long distances, hard-to-access areas, scattered ...

Icy Strait Point, a privately owned cruise port in Alaska, offers both thoughtful programs and thrilling excursions, and it's winner a Travel + Leisure’s 2025 Global Vision Awards.

If the landslide at the Barry Arm fjord collapses, its falling ice and rock could generate a devastating 650-foot-high ...

King Cove residents argue that an 11-mile road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge — linking them to Cold Bay’s ...

Scientists warn that the Alaska volcano Mount Spurr is likely to erupt soon, showering ash on Anchorage and potentially ...

The search for Reyes went cold, but Reyes-Couvertier never gave up hope ... Neighbors program to ensure everyone has access ...

Haines lived in extreme winters in that land of cold rivers, salmon, volcanoes, and glaciers. He tracked animals for food with frostbite always a subtle threat. One night a man knocked on his door.

Pacific sleeper shark in research ‘sling’—allows scientists easy access to tag and study the animal at the surface of the ...